Understanding the need for a whole-of-society approach in school nutrition policy implementation: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only three of twenty Caribbean Community (CARCICOM) countries have mandatory school nutrition policies despite one third of the region's children being overweight or obese. In Barbados, there are nutrition guidelines which lack the legal mandate of a formal policy. We aim to assess the comprehensiveness of current national nutrition guidelines and to understand the factors operating in the inner and outer school setting that may influence the implementation of a mandatory school nutrition policy from the perspectives of school administrators.

Methods

A documentary analysis of existing nutritional guidelines was conducted along with qualitative semi-structured interviews in primary (elementary) and secondary (high) schools in Barbados. We purposively sampled six pr

SUBMITTER: Sobers NP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285724 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature